GUN SPRING 2018
The live portion of this session begins on Wednesday, March 21, 2018.
EXTRAORDINARY CASED SET OF TWO EXPERIMENTAL NORTON DP-75 PISTOLS.NORTONDP-75EXP29 MMW/BOXMODERN; C&RCal. 9 mm 5" bbl. This exceedingly rare Norton Armament Experimental example is machined entirely from titanium. The left side of the pistol is marked "Caliber 9 MM/Automatic Pistol" and the frame is marked "EXP 2" for Experimental. The pistol has nicely blued frame and slide with straw coloring on small parts. Grips are 2pc smooth rosewood. Accompanied by two 8 rnd single stack magazines, along with an extra Ti barrel assembly. Very little information is available about these lightweight prototypes made in Mt.Clements, MI. Only two such DP-75 Experimentals are known to exist. CONDITION: As new. Pistol retains virtually all of its original finishes. 53190-3 jwd (6,000-8,000)
HUTCHENSNORTONEXP4.5 MMMODERN; C&RCal 4.5mm. 2-1/2 Inch round bbl. The left side of the pistol is marked "Caliber 4.5MM/Automatic Pistol" and the frame is marked "EXP" for Experiential. The pistol has nicely blued steel parts with straw coloring on some of the small parts. Grips are 2pc smooth ebony. Functional 4 rnd magazine and one spare mag. This is a 1/2 Scale and fully functional Exact Miniature of the Norton Armament DP-75 engineered by the late Raymond Hutchens, a retired police officer from Indianapolis during the early 1970s. Each one of these pistols took great effort and time to manufacture and produce, having to start by creating a set of miniaturized "SCALE" drawings for each and every part, develop and produced the tooling used in the actual manufacturing. Each part had to be heat treated or hardened and polished with the correct contours to match the original pattern. These exact pistols are illustrated in the book "Scale Modern Firearms" by Kramer on pages 86-88. Housed in a contemporary rosewood case, fitted for the two Norton pistols. CONDITION: As new. Pistol retains all of its original custom finishes. Crisp mechanics. Bright bore. Case is Very Fine, missing nameplate and reinforcing corners. 53190-4 jwd (3,000-4,000)